Semanticommunity.net: Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2009

Table of Contents

1. Announcement
2. Current Web 2.0 Wikis and Tutorials
3. Upcoming Events
4. Past Activities
5. Contact Information

Announcement:

Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 Technologies for Connected Governance - Infrastructure and Education Jump Start Kits

Thank you for registering at Semantic Community.net during 2008. We used the MindTouch Deki Express as an example of a Web 2.0 Wiki to support our 2008 activities. Please see Deki Express for more information and an example tutorial.

Now we are embarking on our Community Infrastructure Sandbox for 2009 starting with our February 17th conference / workshop in Washington, DC, February 17, 2009, hosted by Computer Science Corporation at their Executive Briefing Center, and featuring new semantic technology tools and government data sources for your use. Our February 17th Workshop saw 360 people signup to attend either on-site or remotely via Webex.  Overall, we were very pleased. We had about 80 people on-site and averaged about the same number on-line. A respectable turn out. We never had less than 60 on line until the final hour. Overall the content was great. Presentations were very well received. Good feedback (see proceedings).

A joint meeting with the The Washington Semantic Web Meetup, May 13th, was a great success with about 100 attending. There is a semantic community of practice discussion during the June 14-18, 2009, 2009 Semantic Technology Conference, in San Jose, California. The next event is the Eighth SOA for E-Government Conference, October 5, 2009, at the MITRE Auditorium, in McLean, VA.

Thank you,

Brand Niemann and Mills Davis
Semantic Community and Semantic Exchange
http://semanticommunity.net and http://semanticexchange.com

Current Web 2.0 Wikis and Tutorials:

• June 11, 2009, Data Architecture Subcommittee. W3C Standards for Data Interoperability@ Recovery.gov and Data.gov (presenting July 9th).
• June 14-18, 2009, Semantic Technology Conference, San Jose, California (not presenting).
• June 18-19, 2009, The Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable (not attending).
• July 7-10, 2009, ESIP Federation Summer Meetings (Air Quality Community - GEO Architecture Group), Santa Barbara, CA (remote participation).
• September 21 - 25, 2009, NCOIC Plenary Meeting. Special Session on SOA Patterns. Fairfax, Virginia (planning to attend).
• September 28-29, 2009, Joint W3C XBRL International Workshop on Interactive Access to Business and Financial Data. FDIC, Arlington, VA. (program committee)
• October 5, 2009, Eighth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA (not presenting).
• October 25-28, 2009, International Semantic Web Conference, Washington, DC (not presenting).

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Past Activities:

• June 3, 2009, Open Group, Enterprise Vocabulary Workshop #2 (Internet).
• May 30-31, 2009, Vocabulary Camp, Washington, DC (not presenting).
• May 18-22, 2009, The 2009 International Symposium on Collaboration Technologies and Systems. Workshop on Sensor Web Enablement (SWE).
• May 20, 2009, Open Group, Enterprise Vocabulary Workshop #1 (Internet).
• May 13, 2009, Government "Transparency, Openness, Collaboration" Semantic Web Meetup at George Mason University.
• April 29, 2009, Research on Data Management and Information Sharing Technology in the United States (Japanese Delegation to DoD). Invited Briefing. Questionnaire for the DoD MDR and Net Centric Data Strategy.
• April 28, 2009, Seventh SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA. Overview.
• March 26, 2009, Semantic Technology Information Day, Washington, DC.
• March 10, 2009, Architecture & Infrastructure Committee: Governance Subcommittee Meeting, Report on Compilation of DRM Comments and Recommendations for DRM 3.0 and Data.gov
• March 27-28, 2009, Gov't 2.0 Camp. A Target Architecture: From E-Gov to Connected Governance - The Role of Web Services, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, and Cloud Computing in Government Business Transformation.
• March 23, 2009, Cloud Computing Interoperability Workshop, Arlington, VA. Web 2.0 Wiki.
• March 22-24, 2009, 2009 W3C Advisory Committee Meeting.
• March 12-13, 2009, W3C eGovernment Interest Group F2F Meeting, AIAA, Washington, DC.
• March 10-12, 2009, FOSE, Cloud Camp Session, March 10th,  3-7 p.m. Signup. Enabling Cloud Computing Within the Federal Government, March 11, 1-4 p.m.
• February 28-March 1, 2009, TransparencyCamp. Supported by Semantic Exchange.
• February 17, 2009, Special Semantic Community and Semantic Exchange Partnership Meeting, CSC, Falls Church, VA.
• February 11-12, 2009, National Environmental Status and Trends Project Forum (New Web Site), Herndon, VA.
• February 3-4, 2009, Ontology for the National Map. Washington, DC. Invited Reviewer. Presentation.
• February 4, 2009, Enterprise Cloud Computing Group Meeting, Open Group Conference, San Diego, CA.
Web 2.0 Wiki.
• January 15, 2009, Interagency Working Group on Digital Data. Wiki.
• January 13, 2009, Emerging Technologies in Social Networking, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Slides. Taxonomy Tuesday, Monthly Meeting, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
• January 7-9, 2009, Winter Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Meeting, Washington, DC.
• December 8-12, 2008, Enterprise Cloud Computing Session, NCIOC Plenary, Costa Mesa, CA. See Federal Cloud Computing Wiki.
• November 20-21, 2008, Collaboration for Better Dissemination of IT-based Innovation in Government, Leadership for a Networked World Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Participation in preparatory discussions. Web 2.0 Wiki.
• November 12, 2008, CloudCamp East Event, Chantilly, VA. See Federal Cloud Computing Web 2.0 Wiki.
• November 7, 2008, 5th Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Roundtable. Philadelphia, PA.
• November 3-7, 2008, Leveraging Information Asset Management. DAMA-NCR Webcast Conference. Web 2.0 Wiki. Presentation: Using Semantic Technologies in Wikis, Desktop Authoring, & Search to Improve Information Sharing and Knowledge Management.
• October 29-30, 2008, Computer Science Corporation's Leading Edge Forum on Digital Disruptions. Closing Session by Mills Davis: Smarter with Semantics: How Semantic Technologies Deliver Practical Business Value, Falls Church, VA.
• October 27-28, 2008, Great Valley Water Resources Science Forum (October 27th) and 2nd Annual Shenandoah Valley Science Symposium (October 28th), Winchester, VA.
• October 17, 2008, Spatial Ontology Community of Practice Meeting at MITRE.
• October 15, 2008, Transition 2009: Today’s Strategy for Tomorrow’s Administration Conference. Web 2.0 Wiki.
• September 29-30, 2008, Sixth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA.
• September 23-26, 2008, 5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science: GIScience 2008, Park City, Utah, USA. Contributions to Keynote: Design of Web 2.0/3.0 and SOA for Geospatial Science: Mashups for Fun and Profit! Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki.
• September 24-26, 2008, European Semantic Technology Conference, Features Mills Davis and over 30 presentations.
• September 15-19, 2008, NCOIC General Plenary Sessions and Technical Team Meetings, Tysons, VA. Web 2.0 Wiki. Cloud Computing Session. Launch Federal Cloud Computing.
• September 19, 2008, Special Session with Joe Iaquinto. Semantic Discovery System on EPA Environmental Indicator Data.
• September 9, 2008, Sensor Standards Harmonization Meeting, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. Sensor Ontology.
• August 7, 2008, Special Session with Ken Orr.
• July 25, 2008, Energy Community Mashup Camp, in conjunction with the World Futurist Society Conference (July 25-29, 2008).
• July 15-18, 2008, Summer Earth Science Information Partnership Federation Meeting. Water Management Cluster Meeting on Semantic Web/Ontology Applications.
• July 12, 2008, IAC Emerging Technology SIG Mashup Pilot Wiki (restricted access for now).
• July 8, 2008, CENDI Meeting at the National Library of Education. Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• July 5, 2008, Business Transformation for the State Wildlife Action Plans: Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• June 26-27, 2008, Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Meeting. Water Cycle Ontology. See Pilot Water Wiki.
• June 25-26, 2008, Brainstorm Group, Washington, DC. Business Transformation and Data Architecture for Business Architects Training Collaboration with Ken Orr (Slides). See EPA Ontology Wiki. See The Ken Orr Institute Pilot Wiki and Tutorial and the BPM Institute Pilot Wiki and Tutorial.
• June 23, 2008, Web 2.0 Pilot Wiki Demonstration and Presentation to the 1105 Media Group.
• June 17, 2008, SEMIC.EU. SICoP Invited Participation. See Announcement at 2008 SemTech Conference about SICoP Graduation to Semantic Community.net and Semantic Exchange.com.
• June 16-18, 2008, Leadership and Strategic Management for Chief Information Officers, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Participating in Preparatory Seminar (April 14 - June 9). CIOs Learning Web 2.0 Wikis: Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki.
• June 12-13, 2008, Government Health IT Conference, Proposed Panel on Web 2.0/Web 3.0 for HealthIT Gov 2.0 Collaboration with Pilot Wiki That Relates to Dr. Kolodner's Opening Keynote and New Strategic Plan.
• June 9-13, 2008, EPA's National Dialogue on Access to Environmental Information Part 7 Slides. CIOs Learning Wikis for Harvard Conference, EPA Mission Investment Solutions Division Retreat, Government Health IT Conference 2008, and Shenandoah Valley Science Symposium Planning Committee.
• June 5, 2008, The Future of E-Government: How Can Government Better Serve the Public, The Georgetown Law Center, Georgetown University (Capitol Hill). Focus on E-Rulemaking.
• June 4-5, 2008, EPA Mission Investment Solutions Division Retreat. Pilot Web 2.0 Wiki for Improved Communications.
• June 1-3, 2008, Government Leadership Summit 2008. Change Leadership 2.0: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies in Government, Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA. Participating as a Private Citizen-Conference Alumni. CIOs Learning Wikis: Web 2.0 Wiki and Assignment Five. See FCW Insider - Wiki of the Conference.
• May 18-22, 2008, SemTech 2008: The Semantic Technology Conference, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California. See Announcement, Agenda, and Pilot Data Sources.
• May 15, 2008, Shenandoah Valley Quality of Life Workshop and Leadership Recognition Day.
• May 12-13, 2008, Ontological Specification of Interoperability Semantics for Financial Information and Business Reporting Systems. See NSF Accounting Ontology Web 2.0 Wiki.
• May 12-14, 2008, Web Services Security and SOA Conference & Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. Pilot Wiki. Web 2.0 Wiki and Presentation (not given).
• April 30-May 1, 2008, Fifth SOA for E-Government Conference, MITRE Auditorium, McLean, VA. See Blog.
• April 9-12, 2008, First U.S. - European Conference of Metropolitan Regional Councils. Pilot Wiki.
• April 3, 2008, AFFIRM Web 2.0 The Myths The Realities The Opportunities. National Press Club, Washington, DC.
• April 1, 2008, Depository Library Council Spring 2008 Meeting (Pilot Wiki) Improved Access to EPA & Interagency Information: Before and After with Web 2.0 and EPA’s National Dialogue on Access to Environmental Information. Also see Role Reversal: Before and After Web 2.0.
• February 19, 2008, Improved Access to EPA Information: Before and After with Web 2.0: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 for the Collaboration Technology Community of Practice Inaugural Meeting, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC. Also see December 19, 2007, "Speed, Agility, Reach, and Efficiency"and May 6-8, 2007, 22nd Semi-Annual Spring Government CIO Summit with Don Tapscott's Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.
• February 18, 2008. Context is Everything, Government Computer News.
• February 5, 2008, SICoP Special Conference 4, Computer Science Corporation Executive Briefing Center, Falls Church, VA.
• January 8, 2008, Breaking News on NCOIC Explores Utility Computing, Grid, Virtualization, GridToday.
• January 7, 2008, Blog: Speaking the same language, Government Computer News.
• December 18, 2007, The SICoP Experience, Computer Science Corporation, Innovation Community of Practice, Falls Church, VA.
• December 10, 2007, Social networking and the Medici Effect, Government Computer News 25th Anniversary Issue.